Tịnh Biên, An Giang
Tịnh Biên | |
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Urban municipality and town | |
 Tịnh Biên town | |
  Tịnh Biên Location in Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 10°35′N 105°0′E / 10.583°N 105.000°E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | An Giang Province |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 |
| Climate | Aw |
Tịnh Biên is an urban ward (phường) of the An Giang Province, Vietnam.
Tịnh Biên was depicted in Robin Moore's fiction book The Green Berets; chapter 1 described a real-life battle during the Vietnam War in which all of the members of a United States Army Special Forces detachment were injured during the fighting.[1]
References
- ^ McDowell, Jeffrey B. (May–June 2002). "The Search for Larry A. Thorne: Missing in Action, Vietnam". Military Review. 82 (3): 77+. ISSN 0026-4148. OCLC 2558412. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
